Teenager Francie Lanoo is smitten with two things in life: beautiful shoes and heartthrob Berkeley Mills, who she knows is definitely out of her league. After months of ogling him, she finally gains the confidence to befriend him. And when he, out-of-the-blue, asks what her ideal shoe would look like, she embarks on a quest to find it … just for him.

Low and behold, the stars align and Francie unexpectedly begins dating Berkeley. When he encourages her to accept an opportunity to study for a year in Italy, she ignores her gut instinct and agrees to it, reluctantly saying goodbye to both the love of her life and the only world she’s ever known. After growing accustomed to her newfound life, Francie decides to attend college in New York, where she continues to refine the characteristics of her ongoing shoe hunt. And though Berkeley has chosen to attend college on the opposite side of the continent, Francie remains forever hopeful that their relationship will one day resume. But when sudden tragedy strikes, Francie plunges into a tailspin and abandons all pursuits of happiness. As time passes, she begins to realize that her chase for the perfect shoe was about something far more meaningful than footwear. Now only one question remains: is it too late to claim the coveted prize?

If Not 4 U and Some Shoes is a quirky coming-of-age tale expressed through the eyes of a shoe fanatic as she attempts to find herself—and true love.

After Eleanor Kirov loses both a baby and her marriage, she and her father decide to leave Paterson, New Jersey, to run an inherited tea plantation in South Carolina. Ready for a change, an adventure, and to take her mind off the past, Eleanor arrives at the neglected and overgrown plantation where she silently pledges to see the possibilities in everything.

A week later, Eleanor opens the door to Lukas McKendrick, who offers to help the inexperienced plantation owners. Lukas, who is the wealthiest and loneliest man around, soon finds himself attracted to Eleanor—not only because she is beautiful, but also because of her newfound exuberance for growing tea. As the tea crop succeeds and she becomes involved with the Gullah culture, Lukas quickly falls in love with Eleanor without her knowledge. As a chain of events sends her back to Paterson, Eleanor is led down a new path where she learns the truth and finally understands the meaning of love.

A Woman Endures shares the poignant conclusion to the tale of a progressive woman as she faces new challenges and comes to realize that no matter what comes her way, she will endure.

Blue Ink Press, A Woman Possessed.“The author brilliantly traces Eleanor’s decline from a strong woman of character to a spoiled socialite with one man on her mind...Author Marilyn Hering writes confidently and with authority...this expertly constructed narrative combines many of the elements of great story telling.”

After Eleanor Kirov loses both a baby and her marriage, she and her father decide to leave Paterson, New Jersey, to run an inherited tea plantation in South Carolina. Ready for a change, an adventure, and to take her mind off the past, Eleanor arrives at the neglected and overgrown plantation where she silently pledges to see the possibilities in everything.

A week later, Eleanor opens the door to Lukas McKendrick, who offers to help the inexperienced plantation owners. Lukas, who is the wealthiest and loneliest man around, soon finds himself attracted to Eleanor—not only because she is beautiful, but also because of her newfound exuberance for growing tea. As the tea crop succeeds and she becomes involved with the Gullah culture, Lukas quickly falls in love with Eleanor without her knowledge. As a chain of events sends her back to Paterson, Eleanor is led down a new path where she learns the truth and finally understands the meaning of love.

A Woman Endures shares the poignant conclusion to the tale of a progressive woman as she faces new challenges and comes to realize that no matter what comes her way, she will endure.

Blue Ink Press, A Woman Possessed.“The author brilliantly traces Eleanor’s decline from a strong woman of character to a spoiled socialite with one man on her mind...Author Marilyn Hering writes confidently and with authority...this expertly constructed narrative combines many of the elements of great story telling.”

I definitely run on a different frequency than most. I don’t hide behind small talk, and I’ll usually go wherever my mind takes me. Tango-La can be fun, but it can also be in your face and very, very real. To make the journey one must be willing to embrace the seemingly unbelievable, and yes...sometimes…even the absurd.

Meet Tango, a middle-aged woman who is holding up extremely well. Petite and slender with red hair and green eyes, she is a voracious consumer of life’s more decadent experiences. After a four-year drought, Tango knows exactly what she wants: sex. And she is not about to apologize for getting what she wants, when she wants and with whom she wants.

On the hunt for some purely sexual connections in a world where “nice girls” should want the fairy tale (instead of just some tail), Tango is not afraid to push the boundaries and live her life to the fullest, most satisfying and pulse pounding limits.

Told in short stories, brief narratives, blog entries and advice columns, Tango’s Tales is a wild voyeuristic journey into the experiences of a promiscuous free spirit and her randy, raunchy and rebellious alter ego. Now proudly dedicated to the exploration of her rapidly emerging sexuality, Tango is a force of nature. Her insight into her selection of suitors is both funny and revealing. Tango’s Tales is an erotic trip with a lady feeding her hunger for that special feeling.

Something unusual catches Kinley Rankin’s eye as she searches the local paper for work:

Farm widower, early fifties, looking for an arranged marriage contract with willing partner.

The gentleman in question, Nels Swenson has a lot on his mind these days. After the mysterious death of his first wife, Mary, his wounded, lonely heart is still raw. The effort to keep his farm consumes his every waking minute, leaving little energy for everyday chores and definitely no time for traditional courting.

Kinley is also in desperate straits. Now that that her job has moved out of state, she’s out of work and out of luck. Anxious about her future, she decides to respond to the ad. After a brief relationship, she accepts his proposal, which is more of a business transaction than an affair of the heart.

As they work together to salvage his once-successful farm, a mutual admiration develops. Inspired by his many admirable qualities, Kinley is no longer satisfied to have just his name—she wants his heart too.

Their uncommon union is challenged by Kinley’s unexpected pregnancy and her adult children who come to live with them. The thorn in Nels’ flesh is his brother-in-law, Homer Speers, whose family encamps on Swenson property. Tensions build to a breaking point when death strikes Swenson Farm a second time. All eyes are on Nels when Homer is found dead, and he must prove his innocence—again. As he tries to protect the women of Swenson Farm, his life begins to unravel around him.

I definitely run on a different frequency than most. I don’t hide behind small talk, and I’ll usually go wherever my mind takes me. Tango-La can be fun, but it can also be in your face and very, very real. To make the journey one must be willing to embrace the seemingly unbelievable, and yes...sometimes…even the absurd.

Meet Tango, a middle-aged woman who is holding up extremely well. Petite and slender with red hair and green eyes, she is a voracious consumer of life’s more decadent experiences. After a four-year drought, Tango knows exactly what she wants: sex. And she is not about to apologize for getting what she wants, when she wants and with whom she wants.

On the hunt for some purely sexual connections in a world where “nice girls” should want the fairy tale (instead of just some tail), Tango is not afraid to push the boundaries and live her life to the fullest, most satisfying and pulse pounding limits.

Told in short stories, brief narratives, blog entries and advice columns, Tango’s Tales is a wild voyeuristic journey into the experiences of a promiscuous free spirit and her randy, raunchy and rebellious alter ego. Now proudly dedicated to the exploration of her rapidly emerging sexuality, Tango is a force of nature. Her insight into her selection of suitors is both funny and revealing. Tango’s Tales is an erotic trip with a lady feeding her hunger for that special feeling.

During the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, Jeremy Silver, an up and coming New York City councilman and candidate for Congress, meets and is completely smitten by Christine Evans. Her history pulls them both into an intrigue that takes them from NYC and Washington to the heart of Russia. A great appreciation and colorful description of Russian history is leavened by the intertwining of two passionate love stories, that of Jeremy and Chris, and a half century earlier that of Chris’s grandparents, Count Yuri and the Countess Natashia. Jeremy’s adoration of Chris leads him to blindly act for her and her family putting their lives and his career in jeopardy.

To Live Again has many twists and turns that lead to a surprise ending.

From the day he was born, Michael Sykes has had every whim indulged. A child of privilege, luxury, and unfulfilled expectations, he is a man driven to love—with varying degrees of success and failure. The unconditional mothering love of his widowed mother has set him up for seemingly impossible relationships with women.

In Australia, Michael works for the American Legation in Sydney and woos Anne, his femme fatale, yet eventually he will marry Gloria, but Anne will always remain for him a part of the unattainable brightness of the world.

Michael and Anne, after the consummation of their relationship, join his best friend, Ralph (Gloria’s brother), in his sailboat and they are lost in a hurricane with Michael as the sole survivor.

Feeling desolate, Michael makes a slow recovery in hospital, but after studying for a year in Europe, he returns to Australia and marries Gloria, entering the brokerage business founded by his father.

Can this young man be healed and live up to the high expectations that his mother has held for him, or must he be forever condemned by a broken heart at the loss of Anne?

Something unusual catches Kinley Rankin’s eye as she searches the local paper for work:

Farm widower, early fifties, looking for an arranged marriage contract with willing partner.

The gentleman in question, Nels Swenson has a lot on his mind these days. After the mysterious death of his first wife, Mary, his wounded, lonely heart is still raw. The effort to keep his farm consumes his every waking minute, leaving little energy for everyday chores and definitely no time for traditional courting.

Kinley is also in desperate straits. Now that that her job has moved out of state, she’s out of work and out of luck. Anxious about her future, she decides to respond to the ad. After a brief relationship, she accepts his proposal, which is more of a business transaction than an affair of the heart.

As they work together to salvage his once-successful farm, a mutual admiration develops. Inspired by his many admirable qualities, Kinley is no longer satisfied to have just his name—she wants his heart too.

Their uncommon union is challenged by Kinley’s unexpected pregnancy and her adult children who come to live with them. The thorn in Nels’ flesh is his brother-in-law, Homer Speers, whose family encamps on Swenson property. Tensions build to a breaking point when death strikes Swenson Farm a second time. All eyes are on Nels when Homer is found dead, and he must prove his innocence—again. As he tries to protect the women of Swenson Farm, his life begins to unravel around him.

It is the 1890s and Evie Logan is attempting to escape an arranged marriage to the arrogant and nasty William Douglas. A month after she dons a disguise, flees Philadelphia, and travels two thousand miles to begin anew as a chef in the Wild West, she has no idea that chance is about to lead her straight to a head-knocking encounter with William’s cousin, Jackson.

Jackson, who is already aware William is offering a hefty reward for Evie’s return, quickly realizes her true identity. Intrigued by her red hair and natural beauty, Jackson offers her a chance to escape her lustful boss and become his personal cook. Seemingly left with no other choice, Evie accepts and begins a new chapter once again, this time in Ironton, where she and Jackson eventually stage a fake wedding in an effort to rid her of William once and for all. But there are just two little problems: William has not given up his pursuit of the feisty woman he intends to make his wife and Jackson is falling in love with Evie.

In this historical romance, a rebellious young woman fleeing a marriage of convenience is led to a new destiny where she discovers that love always comes when one is least expecting it.

From the day he was born, Michael Sykes has had every whim indulged. A child of privilege, luxury, and unfulfilled expectations, he is a man driven to love—with varying degrees of success and failure. The unconditional mothering love of his widowed mother has set him up for seemingly impossible relationships with women.

In Australia, Michael works for the American Legation in Sydney and woos Anne, his femme fatale, yet eventually he will marry Gloria, but Anne will always remain for him a part of the unattainable brightness of the world.

Michael and Anne, after the consummation of their relationship, join his best friend, Ralph (Gloria’s brother), in his sailboat and they are lost in a hurricane with Michael as the sole survivor.

Feeling desolate, Michael makes a slow recovery in hospital, but after studying for a year in Europe, he returns to Australia and marries Gloria, entering the brokerage business founded by his father.

Can this young man be healed and live up to the high expectations that his mother has held for him, or must he be forever condemned by a broken heart at the loss of Anne?

From the day he was born, Michael Sykes has had every whim indulged. A child of privilege, luxury, and unfulfilled expectations, he is a man driven to love—with varying degrees of success and failure. The unconditional mothering love of his widowed mother has set him up for seemingly impossible relationships with women.

In Australia, Michael works for the American Legation in Sydney and woos Anne, his femme fatale, yet eventually he will marry Gloria, but Anne will always remain for him a part of the unattainable brightness of the world.

Michael and Anne, after the consummation of their relationship, join his best friend, Ralph (Gloria’s brother), in his sailboat and they are lost in a hurricane with Michael as the sole survivor.

Feeling desolate, Michael makes a slow recovery in hospital, but after studying for a year in Europe, he returns to Australia and marries Gloria, entering the brokerage business founded by his father.

Can this young man be healed and live up to the high expectations that his mother has held for him, or must he be forever condemned by a broken heart at the loss of Anne?

Self-declared ice queen attorney Cara Phillips has a secret; a secret that she wanted to be free of. She has no one to turn to except…

Romaine Jacobs is a fellow attorney, but also the next in line to inherit the kingdom of Jacob’s law firm in downtown Chicago; who also has a secret of his own. He is in love with Cara and she has kept the cold between them for years until…

The ice cold shell began to crack when they were put on the same case; a case that was a reminder to Cara of a violent and dangerous past that she would never forget.

Will Cara tell her secret and put their lives in danger? Or will a promise kept save them?

Self-declared ice queen attorney Cara Phillips has a secret; a secret that she wanted to be free of. She has no one to turn to except…

Romaine Jacobs is a fellow attorney, but also the next in line to inherit the kingdom of Jacob’s law firm in downtown Chicago; who also has a secret of his own. He is in love with Cara and she has kept the cold between them for years until…

The ice cold shell began to crack when they were put on the same case; a case that was a reminder to Cara of a violent and dangerous past that she would never forget.

Will Cara tell her secret and put their lives in danger? Or will a promise kept save them?

It is the 1890s and Evie Logan is attempting to escape an arranged marriage to the arrogant and nasty William Douglas. A month after she dons a disguise, flees Philadelphia, and travels two thousand miles to begin anew as a chef in the Wild West, she has no idea that chance is about to lead her straight to a head-knocking encounter with William’s cousin, Jackson.

Jackson, who is already aware William is offering a hefty reward for Evie’s return, quickly realizes her true identity. Intrigued by her red hair and natural beauty, Jackson offers her a chance to escape her lustful boss and become his personal cook. Seemingly left with no other choice, Evie accepts and begins a new chapter once again, this time in Ironton, where she and Jackson eventually stage a fake wedding in an effort to rid her of William once and for all. But there are just two little problems: William has not given up his pursuit of the feisty woman he intends to make his wife and Jackson is falling in love with Evie.

In this historical romance, a rebellious young woman fleeing a marriage of convenience is led to a new destiny where she discovers that love always comes when one is least expecting it.